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THYME CAMPHOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thyme camphor mean? 

THYME CAMPHOR (noun)
  The noun THYME CAMPHOR has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antisepticplay

  Familiarity information: THYME CAMPHOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THYME CAMPHOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

thyme camphor; thymic acid; thymol

Hypernyms ("thyme camphor" is a kind of...):

phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)


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